Right Thinking from the Left Coast

Hey Mr DJ: Ring of Power Edition

The Hobbit comes out in theaters next weekend. I’m a life-long fan of the book. No surprises there. Still, I’ll pass on seeing it in the theater. A night out at the movies is too much to spend for a story that I already know. And if I need to see awe-inspiring visuals of New Zealand’s natural wonders, I’ll ask CM to get a camera and email me some landscape shots or something. No, I can wait for this on Netflix.

I did enjoy the LOTR trilogy, even though there were a few changes that annoyed me. Nevertheless, I can always get into a great story, especially if it’s supported by great scenes and special effects (not eye-raping me with them, Mr. Lucas)

Icon, I got something you might like if you’re into the new age-y music. It’s from the old videogame Gemfire. I used to play hell out of it. Turned out to be pretty good music when Midori got a hold of it with some real instruments instead of the 8-bit stuff:

One of the best things I found about downloading and installing a Linux distro was a game called GL Tron — the GL refers to the open source Graphics Library that takes advantage of GPU acceleration (how’m I doin’ so far with the geekiness?), and the background music for this game was/is Revenge of the Cats…

O.M.G., Alex. That commercial is the funniest damn thing I’ve ever seen on TV, bar none. The exec that came up with that one should be made head of the agency. Dave and I sit and stare at its abject weirdness every time it comes on.